Arthroscopic treatment of concomitant superior labral anterior posterior (SLAP) lesions and rotator cuff tears in patients over the age of 45 years

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1358-1362

  Abbot, Amy E ^a   Li, Xinning ^a   Busconi, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Labrum; Rotator cuff; Shoulder arthroscopy; SLAP

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER;

ARTHROSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 70350064383     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509331940     Document Type: Article

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